Myszków County

Myszków County Powiat myszkowski
County
Flag Coat of arms
Location within Silesian Voivodeship
Coordinates (Myszków): 50°35′N 19°19′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Silesian
Seat	Myszków
Gminas	hide Total 5 (incl. 1 urban) Myszków Gmina Koziegłowy Gmina Niegowa Gmina Poraj Gmina Żarki
Area
• Total	478.62 km2 (184.80 sq mi)
Population  (2019-06-30)
• Total	70,959
• Density	150/km2 (380/sq mi)
• Urban	38,661
• Rural	32,298
Car plates	SMY
Website	http://www.powiatmyszkowski.pl/

Myszków County (Polish: powiat myszkowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Myszków, which lies 44 kilometres (27 mi) north-east of the regional capital Katowice. The county also contains the towns of Żarki, lying 7 km (4 mi) north-east of Myszków, and Koziegłowy, 11 km (7 mi) west of Myszków.

The county covers an area of 478.62 square kilometres (184.8 sq mi). As of 2019 its total population is 70,959, out of which the population of Myszków is 31,650, that of Żarki is 4,556, that of Koziegłowy is 2,455, and the rural population is 32,298.

Neighbouring counties

Myszków County is bordered by Częstochowa County to the north, Zawiercie County to the south-east, Będzin County to the south, and Tarnowskie Góry County and Lubliniec County to the west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into five gminas (one urban, two urban-rural and two rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

Gmina	Type	Area (km2)	Population (2019)	Seat
Myszków	urban	72.7	31,650
Gmina Koziegłowy	urban-rural	159.2	14,319	Koziegłowy
Gmina Poraj	rural	58.5	10,902	Poraj
Gmina Żarki	urban-rural	100.7	8,446	Żarki
Gmina Niegowa	rural	87.6	5,642	Niegowa